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Claim
A channel on the X platform, African Hub, claimed that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently promised to liberate Africa after dealing with Palestine.
Verdict
This claim is MISLEADING. A simple keyword search on Google revealed that it was a video of Netanyahu’s Speech during the African summit in 2016 as it’s not recent.
Full Text
African Hub, a channel on the X platform has posted a video of the current Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising to liberate black African people
The channel shared the video alongside the claim that Netanyahu said Israel would come to the aid of Africa after dealing with Palestine.
African Hub wrote, “Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu promises to liberate Africa, as soon as he finishes dealing with Palestine, tells Ecowas and the rest of the world.”
The post has since generated over 100k views with hundreds of comments. It also has more than 1k likes and 500 reposts on X.
“Dealing With Palestine”
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been underway since January, but its future is uncertain.
The deal involves exchanging hostages held by Hamas in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel in stages and aims to end the war.
But the process has now reached an impasse, raising fears of a return to fighting.
The war was triggered when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 back to Gaza as hostages.
Israel responded by triggering a massive Israeli military offensive, which has killed more than 48,300 Palestinians, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says.
Verification
A simple keyword search on Google revealed that it was a video of Benjamin Netanyahu promising to liberate Africa during an African summit in July 2016.
You can watch the original video here.
At the Uganda Regional Counterterrorism Summit in 2016 with leaders from Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia, Netanyahu said that “this meeting, I think, will be a milestone, the meeting of seven leaders from African countries with Israel. I think it underscores the fact that we are in a monumental change in the relations between Israel and Africa, beginning here.
See old publications that corroborate this here and here.
Conclusion
A 2016 video of Israel’s Prime Minister at an African was recirculated by an X channel as recent with a MISLEADING claim.
Credit: FACTWATCH Nigeria
